Thursday, February 26, 2009

Looks like I need to add some money to my Playstation Wallet and buy some Microsoft Imaginary Space Bucks. The downloadable content that's been released in the past week has been darn near insane in both scope and quality.

Here's a rundown of what I'm picking up:

Prince of Persia: Epilogue

Mirror's Edge Time Trial Pack

Noby Noby Boy

Flower*

Burnout Legendary Car Pack

As someone who only ever spends his money on whole Xbox Live Arcade games and Rock Band tracks, this is a whole lot of expansion content for one week.

You'll also notice that Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and the Damned is not on that list. I will definitely be getting into why in a later post.

What expansion content do you guys buy? I'm curious if releasing stuff like this gets people to hold onto games they'd otherwise trade/lend/use as costers...

-casey-

*Yes, I bought this last week, but it was in the calendar week, so I'm adding it to the list!

Sunday, February 15, 2009

I have been playing hell of Burnout: Paradise this weekend.It's amazing how much I'm enjoying it, as I hate driving in general*, and driving GAMES specifically. But Criterion manages to take all the things that normally drag other games down - the simulation style controls, crashing once ruining your good time, and generally just smashing your opponents - and make it their trademark. Well done. Add on all the free content and DLC that they've put onto their platform and Burnout: Paradise quickly becomes an amazing game and an even more amazing achievement for a developer.I do, however, have one beef with the game: The soundtrack.Luckily, both platforms allow you to play your own damn music.So presented here, in full, is my soundtrack for Burnout: Paradise. I shuffle the hell out of them, so pay no attention to the order. But know that all 48 of these tracks are perfectly suited for driving the hell out of cars.

Panama - Van Halen**

Circle, Square, Triange - Test Icicles

Out of My Mind - The Konks

Back in Black - The Hives

Pump It Up - Elvis Costello

OLE! - The Bouncing Souls

PDA - Interpol

Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne***

Ms. Fat Booty - Mos Def

Nausea - Beck

Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Van Halen

Random - Lady Sovereign

Lyrical Swords - GZA & Ras Kass

Song 2 - Blur

Rock N Roll Train - AC/DC

Dancing Queen - Abba

Stayin' Alive - The Bee Gees

She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult

Positive Contact - Deltron 3030

Method Man - Wu Tang Clan

Here's Your Future - The Thermals

Troublemaker - Weezer

Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault - Jawbreaker

Do You Want To? - Franz Ferdinand

Bone Machine - Pixies

This is a Call - Foo Fighters

Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth

Helter Skelter - The Beatles

Just a Gigolo (I Ain't Got Nobody) - David Lee Roth

Shimmy Shimmy Ya - Old Dirty Bastard

Hello There (Steve Albini Version) - Cheap Trick

The Power Is On - The Go! Team

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

99 Problems (Helter Skelter Mix) - Danger Mouse

Kiss Off - Violent Femmes

Tick Tick Boom - The Hives

American Hearts - Piebald

Hold Music - Architecture in Helsinki

Beat It - Michael Jackson

Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen

Perfect Hair - Danger Doom

The Final Countdown - Europe

The Militia - Gang Starr

You Vandal - Saves the Day

Dirt of Your Shoulder - Jay-Z

Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode

Baba O'Riley - The Who

Highway to Hell - AC/DC

And with that, I return to Paradise City to smash things to tiny bits.

I suggest you do the same.

-casey-

*I don't even have my license for realsies.** Despite "Paradise City" by Guns N Roses being on disc, Panama by Van Halen is the perfect song for this game. PERFECT. *** Look, I seriously don't even want to hear about it, okay?